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fetch
Pronunciation: (fech), [key] — v.t.
- to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor.
- to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50 more than it cost.
- to charm; captivate: Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts.
- to take (a breath).
- to utter (a sigh, groan, etc.).
- to deal or deliver (a stroke, blow, etc.).
- to perform or execute (a movement, step, leap, etc.).
- to reach; arrive at: to fetch port.
- (of a dog) to retrieve (game).
—v.i. - to go and bring things.
- to move or maneuver.
- to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
- to go by an indirect route; circle (often fol. by around or about): We fetched around through the outer suburbs.
- (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
- to perform menial tasks.
- She had to fetch up her younger sisters.
- Informal.to arrive or stop.
- Older Use.to raise (children); bring up:She had to fetch up her younger sisters.
- Naut.(of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.
—n. - the act of fetching.
- the distance of fetching: a long fetch.
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- an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind.
- the length of such an area.
- the reach or stretch of a thing.
- a trick; dodge.
fetch
Pronunciation: (fech), [key] — n.
- wraith (def. 1).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.